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RHVPs involvement in strengthening VAA in the SADC region
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In response to a need for sustainable and predictable ways of addressing hunger and vulnerability, RHVP is providing support to strengthening Vulnerability Analysis and Assessment (VAA) systems throughout the SADC region. In the last six months, some of the ways RHVP has done this are by providing technical support to improve VAA, supporting inter-country learning for technical practitioners and developing methodologies and systems for improved VAA.
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The Household Economy Approach: A guide for programme planners and policy-makers
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Hunger and famine are not due to food shortages alone. It is people's ability to gain access to enough food which determines if they suffer. This manual, co-financed by RHVP, sets out the Household Economy Approach (HEA) - Save the Children's widely-used methodology for analysing the impact of crop failure on household income and access to food.
As well as anticipating food shortages and other emergencies, HEA is a useful tool in designing development programmes and shaping policy.
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RHVP forges ties with SADC Parliamentary Forum
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LATEST COMMENTS
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An Economic Stimulus Package for Developing Countries
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December 2008
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Keynesian economics is back. In response to the current economic crisis President-Elect Obama, Gordon Brown and other world leaders have not been slow in recognising the role that social spending can play in stimulating the economy. In addition to tax cuts and lowered interest rates, they are proposing spending billions to put cash into the hands of consumers by expanding social security programmes.
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Five out of ten!
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December 2008
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RHVP has always encouraged constructive debate over key issues of social protection policy through the publication of independent wahenga.comments on our website. These are personal opinions, intended to be provocative and to elicit a response. Some of the reactions to the most recent thinkpiece ("One Out of Ten: Social Cash Transfer Pilots in Malawi and Zambia") suggest that we might have over-stepped the mark. It is true that there is a fine line between being challenging and being confrontational; between stimulating debate and fuelling acrimony; between encouraging compromise and reinforcing entrenched positions.
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